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Serious A35 crash in the New Forest on 23 December 2018 at 13:00 involving a Triumph Tiger motorcycle

A Triumph Tiger motorcycle and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the A35 in the New Forest at 13:00 on Sunday 23 December 2018. The 26-year-old male rider of the Triumph Tiger motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Dec 2018
Sunday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Triumph Tiger and Mercedes A Class
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85302, longitude -1.62576, in the SO43 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018440475600
Council area
New Forest
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
35
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
93%
Estimated chance it was slight
7%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 March 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Tiger

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,215 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Tiger)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2018440475600 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the New Forest road accident statistics for 2018.